Saturday, July 5, 2025
Photo courtesy of Generalitat de Catalunya, Wikipedia According to BBC, Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy has given Catalonia's separatist leader, Carles Puigdemont, five days to say whether or not he has declared independence. If Puigdemont confirms by Monday that he has, he will be given three days to withdraw the declaration. […]
Photo courtesy of Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), Wikipedia Last weekend’s mass shooting in Las Vegas was yet another gun tragedy in this country. Each new shooting is seemingly labeled the ‘worst shooting in U.S. history,’ and it is reasonable to wonder what it will have to take place before gun […]
Illustration courtesy of Carlis Latuff, Wikipedia After years of restriction and protest, Saudi Arabian women have finally gained the right to operate a motor vehicle. Last Tuesday, Saudi Arabian foreign ministry officials announced the royal decree on both television and Twitter that women would now be allowed to drive. During […]
Photo courtesy of Carmen Yulin Cruz, Twitter When President Trump was mass tweeting about NFL players kneeling and the recent Senate health care bill, 3.4 million Puerto Rican residents were facing the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. A week after Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico President Trump waived the Jones Act, […]
Photo courtesy of Keith Allison, Flickr On Sept. 25, the entirety of the Cowboys football team including coaches and executives kneeled before the national anthem began, then stood and linked arms as it played. On Oct. 1, approximately 30 of the San Francisco 49ers knelt during the anthem while a […]
Crest courtesy of Francis P. Smith, Wikipedia Many students are left questioning the actions of the Georgia Tech Police Department after an unidentified police officer opened fire and killed 21-year old Scout Schultz. During the late hours of Monday evening, Atlanta Police Department received a call, claiming that there was […]
Photo courtesy of Pax Ahimsa Gethen, Wikipedia Between social media activism like #TakeAKnee and #DefendTitleIX popping up all over your instagram feed, #DefendDACA is among those that should matter to you, regardless if it affects you or not. The reason that is, is simply because of basic human rights, the […]
Photo courtesy of U.S. Senate, Wikipedia Sens. Lindsey Graham and Bill Cassidy proposed a new bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the fourth attempt during the Trump administration to repeal the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare. And for the fourth time, it failed before getting to a […]
Photo courtesy of U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jette Carr, Wikipedia Many of you are familiar with the tales of the Cold War, stories of young students being told to duck their heads in an ever-present fear as the doomsday clock moved at a steady pace toward midnight. However, recently […]
Photo courtesy of John Atti When I was younger, my parents used to put my report cards up on the fridge. I was pretty happy with my report cards back then, because I had almost all of the letters on them and I thought that was the goal. I would […]
